Slowchat Information for Global Read Aloud 2017 #GRA17

I am always so grateful for all of the fantastic people who step up and help out with all things GRA. SO thank you to the awesome Beverly Ladd for spearheading the slowchats this year.

You may be wondering what a slowchat is. Well, it is a Twitter chat meant to last a week. That means that a class will host the chat for a week and send out questions using a specific hashtag, often posting a new question every day, and then moderating the chat for an entire week. Why do we love slowchats? Because we don’t have to worry about having all of our students on Twitter at the same time, it allows for all time zones to participate, as well as for great conversations to unfold at a slower pace.

I’m so excited to participate again. I signed up to help with the slowchat for A Long Walk to Water for the week of 10/2, but I noticed the hashtag in your email is different from the one in the Google sheet. Could you confirm the correct on to use? Thanks!

Sincerely, Lisa Stringfellow

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 9:30 AM Global Read Aloud wrote:

> Pernille Ripp posted: “I am always so grateful for all of the fantastic > people who step up and help out with all things GRA. SO thank you to the > awesome Beverly Ladd for spearheading the slowchats this year. You may be > wondering what a slowchat is. Well, it is a Twitter chat” >

This is my first year and I’ve never used Twitter so please excuse my ignorance. I’d like to participate in the slow chat. I think my students would love this. However, all the spots are filled. Does this mean we can not participate or does it mean we just can’t host to ask questions? Can we get on and answer other classes questions? I’m not clear on what the purpose of the “hosting” is. Can you help me understand this a bit better? Thanks so much!

No apologies needed. The slots being filled simply means all of the hosting spots ave been taken, that means that they are in charge of asking the questions. Anyone can join using the hashtag and answer their questions.

Why the GRA?

Global collaboration is necessary to show students that they are part of something bigger than them. That the world needs to be protected and that we need to care for all people. You can show them pictures of kids in other countries but why not have them speak to each other? Then the caring can begin.

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